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I wish I knew enough about welding to be able to truly appreciate that. It does look good
 
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Most want to grind the weld to clean it up. That is just pure artwork :shocking: :bowdown:
 
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Wow!

I knew my skills were sub-par, that just confirmed I am less than sub-par....
 
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While I have no doubts about these welds, we must remember that a truely good weld is almost always pretty, but a pretty is not neccesarily good.

There is a proliferation of folks that are trying to make TIG-look welds using MIG welders, ending up with welds that look pretty good, with the strength of Elmers glue.
 
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The more you look at the picture the better the bead looks. Surely if someone could run that pretty of a bead, there would be proper penetration to go with it.

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yes they do, seems that people do not like bare metal as much as a shiny painted surface
 
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^^ But he painted them in the next pic and the welds still show through quite nicely.

I'm curious... what does he mean (technique-wise) when he says:

"Straight current and stepping the torch while laying .063 rod for the first pass and pulsing current and dipping the .063 for the second pass"
 
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blaze_125 said:
For other great looking welds, keep an eye on the Welding/Fab section of honda-tech.com
There are some very skilled people out there!
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You beat me to it. Agtronic does some beautiful work on stainless. I really dont see how these guys do it. I can't stand working on pipes, theres so many damn angles and I just dont have the patience to do it. Im sure theres a hell of a learning curve when making one off manifolds though
 
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The weave photo the OP has posted has can be done with no filler rod, Just the fusion of the 2 materials. It is much easier to get a nice weld this way, I prefer this method when I can for when I tig aluminum.

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Go to post #744 by trippletripple,
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I don't know why but I love the looks of a good weld, awesome

Diesel_Crawler said:
The weave photo the OP has posted has can be done with no filler rod, Just the fusion of the 2 materials. It is much easier to get a nice weld this way, I prefer this method when I can for when I tig aluminum.

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Ditto on this, awesome
 
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I will no longer admit to knowing how to weld.
I will no longer admit to only having a Clarke 160 EN mig.
The next time at my buddies shop where my 'welder' is , I'm going to pump 5 12 ga Winchester Super X rifled slugs into said machine. Then I think I'm going to start drinking again. I'm going to drink a whole bottle of Jagermeister and sob uncontrollably in the corner of the shop.
 
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Amitygravel said:
I will no longer admit to knowing how to weld.
I will no longer admit to only having a Clarke 160 EN mig.
The next time at my buddies shop where my 'welder' is , I'm going to pump 5 12 ga Winchester Super X rifled slugs into said machine. Then I think I'm going to start drinking again. I'm going to drink a whole bottle of Jagermeister and sob uncontrollably in the corner of the shop.
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dont be so hard on your self!
 
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Wow!!! That is some nice stuff. I wanna know how old he is, and how long hes been welding. Probably the best gtaw i have ever seen.
 
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Wow!!! That is some nice stuff. I wanna know how old he is, and how long hes been welding. Probably the best gtaw i have ever seen.
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I have been welding [tig and mig ] for twenty years, not as a pro, and when i see welds like that i consider them to be industrial art. All i can say is i am not worthy. All i know is that he is a canadian and he has serious skill with a delicate touch. I am going to go out on a limb and say that his tool box is in immaculate order.
 
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I have been welding [tig and mig ] for twenty years, not as a pro, and when i see welds like that i consider them to be industrial art. All i can say is i am not worthy. All i know is that he is a canadian and he has serious skill with a delicate touch. I am going to go out on a limb and say that his tool box is in immaculate order.
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Yea. I think as a pro welder and for you as a person whos been welding for years, you get an appreciation for his ability. To someone who has never tried gtaw it just looks nice. To us it is like HOLY COW!!!
 
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to create parts like that i'd have to guess with the time put into them you'd have to be getting paid to do it. if he's doing this w/o getting paid he either has money or he's making it and he's damn good at it
 
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The weld this guy does in this video is incredible. He is "walking the cup" on stainless . Start watching at the 3:25 mark to see him do the second pass, and then to 7:25, thats where the goodness is:wtf::thumbup::bowdown::bounce: Notice the blues, purple, and gold in the bead - that is the sign of a proper TIG weld on stainless.

Enjoy:)

 
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Notice the blues, purple, and gold in the bead - that is the sign of a proper TIG weld on stainless.
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umm actually....no...its not. the blues and purple are oxidation as the metal cools when there isn't enough argon coverage. The argon envelope leaves the metal before it has time to cool resulting in the pretty rainbow you see. Its not bad, but its also no 'proper'. A 'proper' stainless weld should have a golden hue to it all the way through. But this typically doesn't happen as the metal heats up to much during the weld process and the argon just simply can't stay on top of the bead long enough to stop the discoloration.
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I've been a tig welder for almost 30 years now. Never could make welds look like that until recently. I could get a nice looking bead, but could never make it look like a row of coins. I just recently started working to Tony Stewar Racing and started getting pointers from a couple of craftsmen who are well respected in the sprint car racing world. After watching their technique for a few minutes and asking a few questions, I started using their technique and it is much easier than one might think. I used to start the arc and then add filler without ever letting up on the current. The weld would look very uniform, but not like a row of coins. Now I start each "coin" and let off the current. Advance to the next coin and do it again, and again, and again. It takes a bit to get into a rythem, but once you see how good the weld looks, it justifies the extra time it takes to get the "look". I now enjoy welding again. I'm not saying anyone can do it, but there are deffinitely some simple techniques that will improve the look of the weld. Help with distortion too. I am not to the level of the posted pictures, but I'm getting damn close on tubing. Never have had one crack or break either. Practice, practice.:)
 
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I am a tig welder by trade but I would not say I am a pro. I have been doing it for 5 years, gimme another 5 and I will go "pro". However, I am good at my job and take pride in my work. I agree that the heat effected zones are too big and the welder is causing distortion and heat that would not be good in my line of work. The pattern is perfect but its a trade off, Pattern perfection and to much heat or a really nice pattern and less heat. In my line of work there are 36ga wires in everything that I weld so the heat effected thing is VERY important. That said, someone is gonna put up to 10K psi on my welds about 30 feet from my station. Its all about balance and not over welding for the application.
 
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I can tell you that welding like that is a talent on par with tiger woods hitting a golf ball, or Carlos Santana on the guitar. Around the intersection of those tubes is incredibly hard.

I've been Tig welding for a few months now, and I'm at the point where sometimes it goes well and I have a pretty weld, and I think "I've got this" and then I try it on another piece of metal or in an odd position and it looks like **** again.
 
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babzog said:
^^ But he painted them in the next pic and the welds still show through quite nicely.

I'm curious... what does he mean (technique-wise) when he says:

"Straight current and stepping the torch while laying .063 rod for the first pass and pulsing current and dipping the .063 for the second pass"
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Straight current is the polarity of the current. (electrode negative)

Stepping the torch means he is moving the torch stop and go not at a continues speed

laying .063 rod means the welder is feeding the rod at a continuous pace. .063 refers to the filler metal diameter 1/16 of an inch.

Pulsing the current means either with his foot pedal or with the settings on the machine he is modulating the current.

dipping the .063 means he is feeding the the filler metal a little at a time.


If someone else wants to add to this feel free.


Brad
 
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Tantara said:
Straight current is the polarity of the current. (electrode negative)

Stepping the torch means he is moving the torch stop and go not at a continues speed

laying .063 rod means the welder is feeding the rod at a continuous pace. .063 refers to the filler metal diameter 1/16 of an inch.

Pulsing the current means either with his foot pedal or with the settings on the machine he is modulating the current.

dipping the .063 means he is feeding the the filler metal a little at a time.


If someone else wants to add to this feel free.


Brad
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cool info! i didn't know this.
 
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